The role of diet in stones in dogs and cats – only for specialists

Diet is important for prevention, as well as supporting the treatment process in the case of kidney stones. There are several types of kidney stones, with struvites and oxalates being the most common. Uroic acid, calcium-phosphate, xanthan, silicate and cystine stones are much less common. In the case of cats, the most vulnerable breeds are European Shorthair and Longhair, Himalayan, Persian, Siamese.   Stone formation Various types of unnecessary metabolites, such as urea, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins or minerals, are excreted from the body through urine. In a situation where there is a high saturation of urine with minerals, deposits can form in it under the right conditions. Initially, these are microscopic crystals, but as a result of aggregation and layering, even large...